SCH3U Chemistry – GRADE 11

PREREQUISITE : Grade 10 Science, Academic

GRADE : 11 (University)

THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM : Science

SPH3U online at Profectus develops students’ understanding of the basic concepts of physics. Students will explore kinematics, with an emphasis on linear motion; different kinds of forces; energy transformations; the properties of mechanical waves and sound; and electricity and magnetism. They will enhance their scientific investigation skills as they test laws of physics. In addition, they will analyse the interrelationships between physics and technology, and consider the impact of technological applications of physics on society and the environment.

UNIT 1 :

Scientific Investigation Skills and Career Exploration (16hrs)

Students will be able to:

Demonstrate scientific investigation skills (related to both inquiry and research) in the four areas of skills (initiating and planning, performing and recording, analysing and interpreting, and communicating).
Identify and describe careers related to the fields of science under study, and describe the contributions of scientists, including canadians, to those fields.

UNIT 2 :

Kinematics (16hrs)

Students will be able to:

Analyse technologies that apply concepts related to kinematics, and assess the technologies’ social and environmental impact.
Investigate, in qualitative and quantitative terms, uniform and non-uniform linear motion, and solve related problems.
Demonstrate an understanding of uniform and non-uniform linear motion, in one and two dimensions.

UNIT 3 :

Forces (16hrs)

Students will be able to:

Analyse and propose improvements to technologies that apply concepts related to dynamics and Newton’s laws, and assess the technologies’ social and environmental impact.
Investigate, in qualitative and quantitative terms, net force, acceleration, and mass, and solve related problems.
Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between changes in velocity and unbalanced forces in one dimension.

UNIT 4 :

Energy and Society (16hrs)

Students will be able to:

Analyse technologies that apply principles of and concepts related to energy transformations, and assess the technologies’ social and environmental impact.
Investigate energy transformations and the law of conservation of energy, and solve related problems.
Demonstrate an understanding of work, efficiency, power, gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, nuclear energy, and thermal energy and its transfer (heat).

UNIT 5 :

Waves and Sound (16hrs)

Students will be able to:

Analyse how mechanical waves and sound affect technology, structures, society, and the environment, and assess ways of reducing their negative effects.
Investigate, in qualitative and quantitative terms, the properties of mechanical waves and sound, and solve related problems.
Demonstrate an understanding of the properties of mechanical waves and sound and of the principles underlying their production, transmission, interaction, and reception.

UNIT 6 :

Electricity and Magnetism (16hrs)

Students will be able to:

Analyse the social, economic, and environmental impact of electrical energy production and technologies related to electromagnetism, and propose ways to improve the sustainability of electrical energy production.
Investigate, in qualitative and quantitative terms, magnetic fields and electric circuits, and solve related problems.
Demonstrate an understanding of the properties of magnetic fields, the principles of current and electron flow, and the operation of selected technologies that use these properties and principles to produce and transmit electrical energy.

FINAL 30%

Course Culmination (14hrs)

The Culminating Unit incorporates all four strands of the Science Curriculum, and covers the four achievement chart categories. It consists of two parts:

Culminating Project worth 15% and a
Final Exam worth 15%

Online Course Policies

Listed below are various mandatory policies as you take on this course.

Attendance is regularly tracked through student contributions to online discussion boards, assignment completion, and learning logs. Failure to complete allocated activities may challenge the student’s ability to attain the credit.
This course will be presented using an asynchronistic model whereby work will be posted on the Google Classroom and it is the student’s responsibility to complete it on their own time.
ALL portions of this course are intended to be learned and completed online.
Final Exams and Tests will be written on site at Profectus Academy of Toronto. Course instructors will relay this information to students and families.
The integrity of student work will be checked on an ongoing basis using Quetext or Turnitin. Plagiarism is not tolerated.

Assessment & Evaluation Policies

The primary purpose of assessment and evaluation is to improve student learning. The Achievement Chart for Science will guide all assessment and evaluation.

Knowledge and Understanding

17.5%

Thinking

17.5%

Communication

17.5%

Application

17.5%

The final grade will be determined as follows:

70% based on Assessment OF Learning (including conversations, observations and products) conducted throughout the course.
30% based on Culminating Tasks administered at or towards the end of the course.

Assessment and evaluation is divided into two important parts. The grade the student receives on a midterm or final report indicates achievement/ proficiency in Curriculum Expectations. A level of competence (Needs Improvement, Satisfactory, Good or Excellent) will be assessed and reported in the area of Learning Skills and Work Habits: Independent Work, Collaboration, Responsibility, Initiative, Self-Regulation, and Organization.